And Superposed Curved Discharge Edges Patents (Class 239/595)
  • Patent number: 8840049
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus having a storage portion (20) for storing a treatment liquid, a slit-shaped opening portion (41) for ejecting the treatment liquid, and a connecting passage (42) that has a slit-shaped cross-section and connects the storage portion (20) to the slit-shaped opening portion (41) includes: a valve body portion (50) that is provided in the storage portion (20) to cover the connecting passage (42), and forms a gap (22) together with a lower wall (43) of the storage portion (20) so that the treatment liquid is caused to flow into the connecting passage (42) through the gap (22); a first curved surface portion (44a) that smoothly connects a surface of the lower wall (43) of the storage portion (20) to an inner wall surface (42a) of the connecting passage (42); and a second curved surface portion (51a) that is provided on the valve body portion (50) so as to project to an identical side to the first curved surface portion (44a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: CKD Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Kouketsu, Hiroshi Itafuji
  • Patent number: 8820665
    Abstract: A nozzle is provided for dispensing a liquid from a container in a desirable, nearly rectangular spray pattern. The nozzle includes an actuator having an inlet end adapted to receive liquid from the container and an outlet end, the actuator outlet end defining an outlet chamber. An insert is coupled to the actuator outlet end and defines an insert passage in fluid communication with the outlet chamber. The insert includes at least a first convex shoulder disposed downstream of the outlet chamber, and a nozzle outlet disposed downstream of the first convex shoulder. The convex shoulder may have a radius of curvature and side walls may be provided at an angle of convergence. The radius of curvature and the angle of convergence may be provided within certain ranges to obtain the desired spray pattern at the desired flow rate using typical aerosol can pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory J. Nelson, Nitin Sharma, Padma Prabodh Varanasi
  • Patent number: 8668153
    Abstract: A spray nozzle includes an orifice disposed on a substantially planar discharge surface. An impingement surface is disposed opposite the orifice, the impingement surface forming an angle with a centerline of the orifice. A deflection ridge bridges a gap between the impingement surface and the discharge surface. Adjacent the deflection ridge is a further trough which extends into the impingement surface. The nozzle includes a fluid fitting adapted for providing a pressurized fluid to the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: UDOR U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Les Johnson
  • Patent number: 8651394
    Abstract: The invention relates to a Laval nozzle for thermal spraying and kinetic spraying, especially for cold gas spraying, with a convergent section and a divergent section. To achieve a better degree of application effect, at least a portion of the divergent section, according to the invention, has a bell-shaped contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sulzer Metco AG
    Inventors: Peter Heïnrich, Heinrich Kreye, Thorsten Stoltenhoff
  • Patent number: 8485455
    Abstract: A supersonic nozzle (called a Fisenko nozzle) improves conversion efficiency of the pressure energy of the input medium into kinetic energy of a two-phase gas-liquid stream of the ejected medium. The nozzle for boiling liquid includes inlet and outlet sections that are respectively converging and diverging in the direction of the medium flow, between which is a minimal nozzle section. The profile for a proximal part of the diverging section of the nozzle is defined by a curve that is concave to the nozzle axis, which smoothly transitions to a curve that is convex to the nozzle axis through the critical nozzle section downstream of the nozzle minima. At the critical section, the flow reaches sonic velocity and the nozzle profile is neither convex nor concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Fisonic Holding Limited
    Inventor: Vladimir Vladimirovich Fisenko
  • Patent number: 8328112
    Abstract: A spray nozzle includes an orifice disposed on a substantially planar discharge surface. An impingement surface is disposed opposite the orifice, the impingement surface forming an angle with a centerline of the orifice. The angle between the orifice centerline and the surface is less than 90 degrees. A deflection ridge bridges a gap between the impingement surface and the discharge surface. The deflection ridge encompasses a partial circumference of the nozzle. The nozzle includes a fluid fitting adapted for providing a pressurized fluid to the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Inventor: Thomas Les Johnson
  • Patent number: 8313050
    Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, an abrasion resistant nozzle has at least two sintered diamond bodies having flat, mating, exterior surfaces and a thickness, the surfaces being held against each other under compression. An enclosure is formed between the mating surfaces, at least one surface having a groove forming a portion of the enclosure and the other surface forming a remaining portion of the enclosure. The enclosure connects an entry and an exit formed in at least one side of at least one of the bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Hall, David Wahlquist, Thomas Morris
  • Patent number: 8172161
    Abstract: A fluid injector has a housing, an actuator and a valve body. The valve body has a cartridge (21) with a recess, that forms an injection nozzle on one end, and with a needle (22), that is arranged in the recess and closes the injection nozzle, if it rests with its seat area (224) on a needle seat (215) of the cartridge (21). The area (216) of the cartridge (21) adjacent to the needle seat (215) has a cylindrically-shaped outer contour and the needle (22) has a cylindrically-shaped area (223) adjacent to the seat area (224). The area (216) adjacent to the needle seat (215) and the cylindrically-shaped area (223) have the same diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Automitive Italy S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Biagetti
  • Patent number: 7806350
    Abstract: A spray nozzle includes a body and a deflector. The body is aligned and connected to the deflector with a fastener. At least one pin can be used to further align the deflector relative to the body. A single mating surface is provided on each of the body and the deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventors: Craig A. Langiewicz, Gilbert Pangburn
  • Patent number: 7780093
    Abstract: A spray nozzle includes an orifice disposed on a substantially planar discharge surface. An impingement surface is disposed opposite the orifice, the impingement surface forming an angle with a centerline of the orifice. The angle between the orifice centerline and the surface is less than 90 degrees. A deflection ridge bridges a gap between the impingement surface and the discharge surface. The deflection ridge encompasses a partial circumference of the nozzle. The nozzle includes a fluid fitting adapted for providing a pressurized fluid to the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas Les Johnson
  • Patent number: 7757971
    Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, an abrasion resistant nozzle has at least two sintered diamond bodies having flat, mating, exterior surfaces and a thickness, the surfaces being held against each other under compression. An enclosure is formed between the mating surfaces, at least one surface having a groove forming a portion of the enclosure and the other surface forming a remaining portion of the enclosure. The enclosure connects an entry and an exit formed in at least one side of at least one of the bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Hall, David Wahlquist, Thomas Morris
  • Patent number: 7487926
    Abstract: A dispersion plate for dispersing a fluid includes two surface sides, a peripheral side and at least one through-opening which extends between the two surface sides, the opening including an inlet on one surface side, a passage, and an outlet on the other surface side, and the inlet, the passage and the outlet being delimited by an opening wall of the dispersion plate. The inlet, the passage and the outlet have a common longitudinal axis, the part of the opening wall delimiting the passage being substantially parallel to the common longitudinal axis, and the part of the opening wall delimiting the outlet, from the passage to the surface side where the outlet is located, being divergent relative to the common longitudinal axis. A method for producing a dispersion plate by electroplating is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Stork Veco B.V.
    Inventors: Harm Gerrit Knol, Ahmad Dawud Harbiye
  • Patent number: 7487924
    Abstract: A spray nozzle includes an orifice disposed on a substantially planar discharge surface. An impingement surface is disposed opposite the orifice, the impingement surface forming an angle with a centerline of the orifice. The angle between the orifice centerline and the surface is less than 90 degrees. A deflection ridge bridges a gap between the impingement surface and the discharge surface. The deflection ridge encompasses a partial circumference of the nozzle. The nozzle includes a fluid fitting adapted for providing a pressurized fluid to the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas Les Johnson
  • Patent number: 7337991
    Abstract: The invention relates to an accessory adapted to be mounted on the end of an outlet conduit (4) of an air blast device (1). The accessory is in the form of a tube having an inlet, an outlet and a central passage therethrough, the axial passage or tube being mounted coaxially to the axis of the outlet conduit. The tube has a cross-sectional area that first decreases in the direction (F) in which the air is discharged from the air blast device and a cross-sectional area that then increases in the direction F, thus forming a convergent segment (A) followed by a divergent segment (B). The air blast device is of the type having an evacuation control valve disposed between its inlet and outlet for controlling air flow contained in a chamber or reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Inventor: Herve Simoens
  • Patent number: 7255292
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing module and nozzle or die tip for discharging at least one liquid filament. The nozzle includes a wedge-shaped member having a pair of side surfaces converging to an apex. A liquid discharge passage extends along an axis through the wedge-shaped member and through the apex. The wedge-shaped member extends in a radially asymmetrical manner around the liquid discharge passage. Four air discharge passages are positioned at the base of the wedge-shaped member. At least one air discharge passage is positioned adjacent each of said side surfaces and each of the air discharge passages is angled in a compound manner generally toward the liquid discharge passage and offset from the axis of the liquid discharge passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventor: Laurence B. Saidman
  • Patent number: 7244471
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for surface treating metal pipes includes introducing a treatment liquid into a first distribution chamber having a flat bottom surface, and dropping the treatment liquid onto at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the metal pipe through a plurality of holes formed in the bottom surface of the first distribution chamber. Preferably, a distance between the bottom surface of the first distribution chamber and the metal pipe is maintained constant as the outer diameter of the pipe varies. The treatment liquid may be introduced into a second distribution chamber having a flat bottom surface, and the treatment liquid may then be introduced into the first distribution chamber through a plurality of holes formed in the bottom surface of the second distribution chamber. It is possible for the first distribution chamber to simultaneously drop the treatment liquid onto at least two metal pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Takano, Mituo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7207498
    Abstract: A fluid dispense tip includes a bevel at an opening to reduce the amount of surface tension, or “land”, at the opening. The bevel is formed by grinding in a longitudinal direction such that any tooling scars resulting from the grinding operation are likewise longitudinally oriented, further reducing the amount of surface tension in the tip, thereby leading to heightened dispensing accuracy. The tip may be machined from stock as a unitary piece, to increase its lifetime, and may be formed with a bore of a relatively large diameter that is tapered down to a smaller diameter near the tip opening, to allow for delivery of fluid through the tip body at a decreased pressure. A cleaning tool may be provided for removing residual material from the inner surfaces of the tip. A removable liner sleeve may be provided within the bore to reduce the effective inner diameter of the dispense tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: DL Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Fugere
  • Patent number: 7108204
    Abstract: A spray nozzle includes an orifice disposed on a substantially planar discharge surface. An impingement surface is disposed opposite the orifice, the impingement surface forming an angle with a centerline of the orifice. The angle between the orifice centerline and the surface is less than 90 degrees. A deflection ridge bridges a gap between the impingement surface and the discharge surface. The deflection ridge encompasses a partial circumference of the nozzle. The nozzle includes a fluid fitting adapted for providing a pressurized fluid to the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Inventor: Thomas Les Johnson
  • Patent number: 7077343
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an immersion nozzle for a metallurgic vessel arranged upstream of a casting device, in particular a continuous casting mold or a twin roller, in which a slit-shaped pour-out opening (2) having a length that is several times greater than its width is provided in the base area. The cross section widens in the direction of its mouth from a round inlet cross section to a mouth cross section whose one semiaxis is smaller than, and whose other semiaxis extending perpendicular thereto is greater than, the semiaxis of the round inlet cross section and whose base shape corresponds to that of the body of revolution of an ellipse or of an oval mouth cross section around the greater semiaxis, and the slit-shaped outlet opening extends in direction of the greater semiaxis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: SMS Demag AG
    Inventors: Ina Lemanowicz, Hans Streubel
  • Patent number: 6969015
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a dispensing nozzle for dispensing a sauce containing particulates which is configured to reduce clogging of the nozzle by the particulates. In one embodiment, a dispensing nozzle comprises a nozzle body having a nozzle cavity with a nozzle inlet and a nozzle outlet. The nozzle inlet has a bore-shape cross section. The nozzle outlet is longitudinal in shape with a length substantially larger than a width. The nozzle cavity extends from the nozzle inlet to the nozzle outlet in a flow direction and has a cross-sectional area which is substantially constant extending from the nozzle inlet along the flow direction to the nozzle outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Automatic Bar Controls Inc.
    Inventor: Juha Salmela
  • Patent number: 6942168
    Abstract: A spray nozzle for spraying a fluid and suitable for use in hot corrosive environments is disclosed, comprising a single piece body comprising a top and a bottom disposed opposite the top where the bottom further comprises a connector; a channel disposed about an outer portion of the single piece body intermediate the bottom and the top, the channel extending from the outer portion of the single piece body and terminating at an interior wall; and a fluid passageway in fluid communication with the bottom and with the channel. The channel may disperse fluid at a predetermined angle defined by the outer portion of the single piece body and the interior wall of the channel with respect to an axis defined by the fluid passageway. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: WaferTech, LLC
    Inventors: Trent Rance, Chris Warberg
  • Patent number: 6840462
    Abstract: A disposable nozzle for an airless, polyurethane spray gun has an inlet chamber section sealingly latched to the gun nose for receiving polyurethane foam components, a mixing chamber section adjacent the inlet chamber containing a static mixer for mixing the polyurethane components and a dispensing tip section adjacent the mixing chamber for discharging the polyurethane as a spray. The dispensing tip has a longitudinally extending passage terminating at a rectangular opening in the tip defined by long side edges and short side edges. The length of the long side edges are generally maintained throughout the tip passage and approximate the diameter of the mixing chamber exit to produce a consistent rectangular fan spray pattern from the nozzle. Spray guide tabs extend from the long side edges of the rectangular tip opening to alleviate nozzle drip during dispensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Fomo Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Gregory Hurray, Thomas L. Fishback, Anthony J. Taylor
  • Patent number: 6708903
    Abstract: A two-fluid cleaning jet nozzle comprises a mixing part mixing two types of externally supplied fluids with each other for preparing a fluid mixture, a straight pipe linearly and tubularly formed along a prescribed accelerating direction toward the surface of a cleaned substance for accelerating the aforementioned fluid mixture received from the mixing part along the aforementioned accelerating direction, and a bent part connected to an outlet of the straight pipe. The bent part has an inner surface communicating with the inner surface of the straight pipe. The inner surface of the bent part defines a convexly bent curved surface to spread outward with respect to a space receiving the fluid mixture injected from the straight pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Itaru Kanno
  • Patent number: 6511005
    Abstract: An outlet nozzle for use within a centrifuge rotor. The outlet nozzle includes an axial inlet channel and an outlet channel disposed angularly with respect to the inlet channel. An insert is received within the holder and includes an orifice portion and a directing portion. The directing portion shields at least a portion of the outlet channel for preventing impact therewith and for diverting fluid flow from the inlet channel of the holder and into the orifice portion of the insert. The insert further includes an inlet edge at a proximal end which is defined by the intersection of the outlet channel and the inlet channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Fluid-Quip, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles W. Bouchillon, Kim E. Greenwell
  • Patent number: 5996904
    Abstract: A diffuser (D) for atomizers or mist blowers of treatment liquids in agriculture, includes a large tube (1) fed with air under pressure, ending into a narrow fan-shaped opening (2), and elements to cause the treatment liquid to flow into the fan-shaped opening (2) at a very low pressure. The elements include a plurality of sectors (3) for liquid distribution, each of them consisting of two straight tube lengths (4) of synthetic plastic material, provided with gauged holes (5) and mutually connected so as to form a very wide angle between them, and substantially at 90.degree. with a feeding duct (6). The sectors (3) are positioned in succession, in one or more side-by-side rows, along the narrow fan-shaped opening (2), substantially at its center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: CIMA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Paolo Smeraldi
  • Patent number: 4736892
    Abstract: There is disclosed an orifice tip which has a cylindrical base with an asymmetric head, preferably in the shape of a single upstanding elongated rib which is centrally located on the cylindrical base. The rib has tapered side walls with an arcuate, convex edge that has a transverse V-groove. The V-groove intersects a central passageway through the orifice tip, thereby providing a spray eyelet which is precisely oriented to the V-groove. The orifice tip is mounted in a holder having a transverse bore that terminates in an asymmetric receptacle in the form of an elongated slot which receives the elongated rib of the orifice tip, thereby precisely orienting the orifice tip in the holder. The orifice tip is particularly advantageous as it can be assembled to its holder with automated equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Phyllis Graham
    Inventor: Oliver J. Calder
  • Patent number: 3967784
    Abstract: A unique bead dispensing gun for marking pavement, the gun being actuated between open and closed positions, using fluid pressure, and the beads being delivered to and through the gun, when open, also under fluid pressure, with the gun comprising a casing or body forming in part a cylinder in which a piston operates, the lower end of the piston comprising a shut off valve to selectively prevent or permit bead discharge from a bead chamber within the gun, to which beads are supplied by a relatively large external reservoir, through a discharge opening along a novel control chute to the atmosphere, the cylinder/piston arrangement being one way (to open the gun), a return spring returning the gun to the closed position, when the fluid pressure upon the piston is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1976
    Assignee: Idaho Norland Corporation
    Inventor: Harry C. Ammon